APEX Madness Comes to SCG Con Milwaukee

We’re excited to announce that APEX Madness will be running at SCG Con Milwaukee on February 21, 2026.

APEX Madness is a high-stakes, team-based Rookie Mode. Rookie Mode is War pushed to its competitive limit. No layers. No distractions. Just direct conflict, exposed decisions, and momentum swings you can’t undo. In Apex Madness, simplicity becomes pressure.

Bring your team, your jerseys, and your most powerful cards, and battle for 2026 Edition Jumbo Hobby Boxes.

Event Overview

Entry Fee: 100$

Format: Team Event (4–6 players per team, including a Head Coach)

Play Mode: Rookie Mode

Deck Type: Hero-only decks

Match Structure: Round Robin, cut to Top 8

Match Play: 4 players compete each round, Best-of-3

Tiebreakers: If the teams are tied, the Head Coaches will play a deciding game to determine the winner. If that game results in a tie, the Head Coaches will proceed to a Top Deck sudden-death tiebreaker, revealing the top card of their Hero Decks until a winner is decided.

Deck Building

Head Coach (Captain) Deck

Each team designates one Head Coach (Captain) who plays the team’s highest-power deck.

Full Apex Deck
60 Hero cards
6 cards per power
No power limit
Decks must still follow Hero Deck-building restrictions
Must include 4 Full Art Foil Hot Dogs, clearly displayed during all games

Team Player Deck Construction

All non-Captain players use Madness decks built from a SPEC 160 core and expanded through Inserts and Foil Hot Dogs. Core Requirements

60 Hero cards

Built to a 160 SPEC power cap

APEX Card Unlocks

Insert-Based Unlocks

For every 10 copies of a single Insert type (160 or below) in the Core Deck, the player unlocks 1 Apex card (165+) of the same Insert type
Each Insert type may unlock only one Apex card
Supers are wild and may count as any Insert type
Up to 6 Apex cards may be unlocked this way

Foil Hot Dog Bonus

Include 4 different Foil Hot Dogs
These must be clearly displayed during all games
Unlocks 4 additional Apex cards of any in-rotation type

Final Deck Size A fully optimized Madness deck may include:

70 Hero cards total
- 60 SPEC 160 Hero cards
- 6 Apex cards unlocked via Inserts

4 Apex cards unlocked via Foil Hot Dogs

Eligible Insert & Parallel Types

Inspired Ink 80’s Rad Grandma’s Linoleum (Green) Great Grandma’s Linoleum (Red) Blizzard Color Battlefoils (Orange, Blue, Green, Pink, Silver) Bubblegum Mixtape Miami Ice Fire Tracks Grillin Chillin Slime Logo Icon Colosseum Alpha Battlefoils Color Battlefoils and Icon Battlefoils are treated as separate Insert types.